collecting live food from white rock safe?

[theredben]

I got some cuttles about a week ago. I am collecting live food from White Rock, first of all I can't find any shrimp, and all I can find at white rock are crabs and some kind of goby. These will be good in a couple weeks but until then they need something easier to eat. I found a lot of copepods out by Blackie's Spit. Just go out to the point grab a shallow bowl full of water, set the bowl on the ground and start digging beside the bowl, the copepods will start jumping out of the disturbed sand, but once they jump into the water they will feel safe and stop moving. Empty the bowl into a pail and repeat. I can only seem to get the copepods to stay alive for a couple of days once I get them home so be ready to go to the beach 3 times a week.

As for the pollution some people were raising them on food from the SF bay area with no serious side effects other than a reduced lifetime of a couple months that could be attributed to many things.

PM me if you want any other information on Cuttlefish.